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conference of mayors, welcome back our great friend, vice president joe biden. [applause] >> thank you very much. please, please be seated. thank you all very, very much. an honor to be back with you. i would like to begin by acknowledging two folks from delaware who are here who are engaged in this subject as well. one i have known for years and years. he is now our new mayor, dennis williams, i don't know where you are out there, but welcome to the conference, old buddy. great to have you. and dennis and i go back to the days when we were writing the crime bill when dennis was a police officer in the city of wilmington and also the chief law enforcement of delaware is here that i have known even longer. we share the same last name, the attorney general of the state of delaware, by son beaux and i do whatever he says because he has the power to indict. [laughter] >> all kidding aside, i'm proud of my home state as we used to say in the senate, point of personal privilege, the progress they are making, efforts they are making under the leadership of our governor
conference of mayors, welcome back our great friend, vice president joe biden. [applause] >> thank you very much. please, please be seated. thank you all very, very much. an honor to be back with you. i would like to begin by acknowledging two folks from delaware who are here who are engaged in this subject as well. one i have known for years and years. he is now our new mayor, dennis williams, i don't know where you are out there, but welcome to the conference, old buddy. great to have...
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. >> rose: joe scarborough, do you believe that the time has come and that because of joe biden, because of michael bloomberg, because of former congressman gabrielle giffords that there is a possibility of doing something now or is it simply the possibility of beginning the conversation? >> the it seems like it was the beginning of a conversation that would end in failure even two, three weeks back. if you talked to people that were inside the white house and working with joe biden i don't think there was a lot of hope that they thought they could ever get through an assault weapon ban in the house and the senate. for actually, though, it's not been michael bloomberg's actions over the past several weeks or gabrielle giffords or joe biden's that i think has made the biggest difference. i think the reason why the political landscape is moving as quickly as it is on this issue and why the polls are moving is because the abhorrent behavior of the national rifle association and their reaction not only to newtown but wayne lapierre's press conference, the news of the past few days of a comme
. >> rose: joe scarborough, do you believe that the time has come and that because of joe biden, because of michael bloomberg, because of former congressman gabrielle giffords that there is a possibility of doing something now or is it simply the possibility of beginning the conversation? >> the it seems like it was the beginning of a conversation that would end in failure even two, three weeks back. if you talked to people that were inside the white house and working with joe biden...
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that it's preventing another this there's twenty or thirty of in a row that have been going up ok so joe biden just happened the former committee at the president's backing back in december because of something else not related to say because because we have seen because we have not decided times more nonviolence in this country than any other country on this earth that is you're not going for a very serious matter but it is immature to suggest that what came out today would even prevent another stay in the house of course it's not going to if we did nothing to protect children let's start but that process was all done why did he bring children out on stage. because it gives women a relayed exactly he's far aim with using children but if you run an ad and mention children oh we're going to single you out and his children and his children he gives them private schooling that he doesn't give the district of columbia children opportunities these children get in the end there's always a kid's going to have to restructure we should be cut that a.c.i.m. is there just all these things suggested
that it's preventing another this there's twenty or thirty of in a row that have been going up ok so joe biden just happened the former committee at the president's backing back in december because of something else not related to say because because we have seen because we have not decided times more nonviolence in this country than any other country on this earth that is you're not going for a very serious matter but it is immature to suggest that what came out today would even prevent...
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joe biden. >> i have no illusions of how the hard is in front of us. >> stephanie: yep. didra, hi didra. >> caller: hi, guess who is going to be in indianapolis on saturday night. >> stephanie: yay! >> caller: sadly the marine colonel who voted for your father won't be with me. >> stephanie: well, tell him thing for the votes. >> caller: i was listening to the president yesterday, and the most poignant moment was when he spoke about the little girl -- >> stephanie: oh yes. >> caller: and where is momma grizzly on this. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: we should fire him the comedian, yeah. where is she? >> stephanie: yeah. very selective in their outrage. bb in chicago. >> caller: hi jim, stephanie, chris. i'm calling in regard to road flair mary. ordinarily, i understand it's entertaining in a self deprecating kind of way, but the last couple of calls have been dripping with meanness and hatred for african-americans like me. it's becoming a hard listen. >> stephanie: i know. she called today, we were afraid we were kind of jumping the mary show, so i didn't let her throug
joe biden. >> i have no illusions of how the hard is in front of us. >> stephanie: yep. didra, hi didra. >> caller: hi, guess who is going to be in indianapolis on saturday night. >> stephanie: yay! >> caller: sadly the marine colonel who voted for your father won't be with me. >> stephanie: well, tell him thing for the votes. >> caller: i was listening to the president yesterday, and the most poignant moment was when he spoke about the little girl --...
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while we wait for vice president joe biden we will go back to the issue of reducing gun violence in a round table discussion from this morning's "washington journal." host: this morning we've been talking with gun owners and getting their views on what the president had to say. what do you think of the proposals that the president made yesterday? guest: i think they're very encouraging. they're historic, really. and i think they can make great strides in reducing gun violence in america and they also are completely compatible with the second amendment so i think that law-abiding gun owners should be happy with them. these are restrictions that will keep guns out of the hands of the bad guys while allowing law-abiding citizens to get their guns and it will reduce crime. host: how will these proposals keep guns out of the hands of bad guys? in your view. what specifically will do that? guest: to begin, universal background checks. current law only requires that background checks be performed by licensed gun dealers. at least 40% of gun sales take place by private sellers without any bac
while we wait for vice president joe biden we will go back to the issue of reducing gun violence in a round table discussion from this morning's "washington journal." host: this morning we've been talking with gun owners and getting their views on what the president had to say. what do you think of the proposals that the president made yesterday? guest: i think they're very encouraging. they're historic, really. and i think they can make great strides in reducing gun violence in...
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a senior administration official tells nbc news that both the president and vice president joe biden will take this message on the road in the days and weeks ahead. they are already doing it online with the #nowisthetime. kicking off the most ambitious federal campaign to crackdown on gun violence in decades, president obama on wednesday made this heartfelt promise. >> i will put everything i've got into this and so will joe. >> reporter: but some republicans are already signalling it will be an uphill battle for the president. >> not going to be easy. i know legislation is going to be introduced. we will look at it when that happens. >> reporter: florida senator marco rubio dismissed the president's plan. guns are not the problem, criminals with evil in their hearts and mentally ill people prone to violence are. what's included in the new package? a ban on military-style assault we will weapons, like the ones used last month in newtown and last sumner aurora, limits on high-cap pays the magazines that might have reused the number who have victims in both those cities and universal b
a senior administration official tells nbc news that both the president and vice president joe biden will take this message on the road in the days and weeks ahead. they are already doing it online with the #nowisthetime. kicking off the most ambitious federal campaign to crackdown on gun violence in decades, president obama on wednesday made this heartfelt promise. >> i will put everything i've got into this and so will joe. >> reporter: but some republicans are already signalling...
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and a senior official tells nbc news, the president and vice president joe biden will take the message on the road in the days and weeks ahead. doing it online with the #nowisthetime. kicking off the most ambitious federal campaign to kick off gun violence in decades, president obama wednesday made this heartfelt promise. >> i will put everything i've got into this, and so will joe. >> reporter: but some republicans are signaling it will be an uphill battle for the president. >> it won't be easy. legislation will be introduced and we'll look at it when it happens. >> reporter: marco rubio dismissed the president's plan. guns are not the problem. criminals with evidence nil their heart is. what's in the plan? a ban on military style assault weapons, limits op high-capacity magazines, that might have reduced the number of victims in recent shootings, universal background checks that could have prevented the columbine high school gunman from purchasing from a private seller. >> this is our first task as a society. keeping our children safe. >> reporter: to reinforce that point, mr. obama
and a senior official tells nbc news, the president and vice president joe biden will take the message on the road in the days and weeks ahead. doing it online with the #nowisthetime. kicking off the most ambitious federal campaign to kick off gun violence in decades, president obama wednesday made this heartfelt promise. >> i will put everything i've got into this, and so will joe. >> reporter: but some republicans are signaling it will be an uphill battle for the president....